mittimus
Americannoun
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a warrant of commitment to prison.
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a writ for removing a suit or a record from one court to another.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of mittimus
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin: we send, first word of such a writ; see remit
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Holden's friends also at last took a sorrowful leave, and the mittimus being made out, it was handed to Basset, to remove the prisoner to the place of destination.
From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by Adams, John Turvill
Make me a mittimus, And send the offender straightways to the jail.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
It was decided that the arrest of Alexander Sullivan should be effected without delay, notwithstanding the late hour, and the Coroner, having made out his mittimus, entrusted it to Detective Palmer.
From The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Hunt, Henry M.
Fetch me pen and ink somebody, and I'll fill in the mittimus.
From The Wayfarers by Snaith, J. C.
"I have a mittimus for your arrest, Mr. Sullivan."
From The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Hunt, Henry M.
And divers mittimuses were made, but none of them would hold; for still, when they came to be read, we found such flaws in them as made him throw them aside, and write more.
From The History of Thomas Ellwood Written By Himself by Ellwood, Thomas
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